Combining a beautiful historic building with Pueblo’s first-ever food hall is the goal of the Fuel & Iron Project focusing on a $15.3 million remodeling of the Holmes Hardware building, 400 S. Union Ave.
“When they rebuilt it in 1915, they did the identical façade but they did a concrete structure,” Stern said. “It’s built like a tank; the building is incredibly strong, so I think they were over-compensating. I think they wanted to build it back the second time in a way that would last. Of course it has lasted for 106 years and it survived the 1921 flood, so I think they were successful.